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Fast Company February 2004 Bill Breen	The Cannabis Conundrum As the founder of a British pharmaceutical company puts it, if it weren't called marijuana there would be an entire biotech business built around this plant. And that's just what's starting to happen (but not for the U.S. drug industry or the American patients these medicines might help).
Information Today February 2004 Dick Kaser	'Can Spam' Law Needs to Be Enforced It looks like it will take some muscle to back up the letter of this new law. What we need next is a major suit against one of these nefarious outfits to drive the point home that spam is now illegal.
Reason February 2004 Jesse Walker	Where the Wild Suits Are: Satire as "Libel" If thin-skinned Texas officials get their way, the satirists at The Onion had better watch out -- or at least begin printing "Just Kidding" in huge red letters across each page.
Reason February 2004 Julian Sanchez	No-Confidence Votes Far from displaying the openness that is the hallmark of a trustworthy election system, one of the leading e-voting companies, Diebold, is using copyright law against its critics.
Reason February 2004 Tim Cavanaugh	Bad Report Card Does private management of failing public schools make a difference? A recent General Accounting Office (GAO) report looked for a consistent trend, but with little success, as the data the had to work with weren't of high quality.
Reason February 2004 Julian Sanchez	Big-Spender Bush George W. Bush is a fiscal conservative, right? Maybe not.
Reason February 2004 Julian Sanchez	Patriot vs. PATRIOT Act For decades Village Voice columnist Nat Hentoff has been one of America's most trenchant defenders of civil liberties. An interview.
BusinessWeek February 9, 2004 Douglas Harbrecht	Hail To The King -- Er, Chief In America, anyone can grow up to be President, right? Sadly, some families are now more equal than others in getting to the White House, asserts Kevin Phillips in American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush.
BusinessWeek February 9, 2004 John Carey	Drug Ads Need Stronger Medicine New FDA guidelines may not go far enough in making sure pharmaceutical ads are used appropriately.
Reason February 2004 Tim Cavanaugh	Political Body Snatchers How can you tell the evil party from the stupid party?
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